mimesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce mimesis in British English:
UK [mɪˈmi:sɪs]
How to pronounce mimesis in American English:
US [mɪˈmisɪs, maɪ-]
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- Noun:
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
Word Origin
- mimesis (n.)
- 1540s, in rhetoric, from Greek mimesis "imitation, representation, representation by art," from mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mimeograph).